Sean O'Rourke Today Show

What I find even odder is the mindset that seems to think that no matter what happens to the States finances, public servants should not suffer!

Like, when the good times were rolling the benchmarking was kicking in and didn't some dude liken it to an ATM?

Then when the cold winds of collapse whistle through the streets and the private sector is decimated- job losses, pay cuts, redundancies, downsizing, our friends in the teachers Unions seem to think that everything should carry on as normal?

No job losses for them, sure they took a bit of a hit, but did they seriously expect the State not to try to reduce the cost there.

The teachers who applied for their jobs on a different scale surely read the terms and conditions.

Bit disengenious for the fat cats to start whinging now and roaring and shouting at these tiresome conferences.

Very immature behaviour by a lot of them and downright foolish if they think the taxpayer is fooled by their ranting and rhetoric.

Time they wised up and stopped playing politics with other people's tax money.

I didn Catch the start. Who is she?

Disgrace that the hospital is being built on private land. Brown envelopes ??

Odyssey 2005 wrote: »

Disgrace that the hospital is being built on private land. Brown envelopes ??

The awkward silence when the pair of them were asked if they had enquired about buying the site spoke volumes about how the order, and by extension the St Vincent Healthcare Group, approached the negotiations.

sligojoek wrote: »

Thanks D. I copped that for a finish. At one point I thought she was a nun.

I think she's just so desperate to get out of the crumbling building in Dublin 2 that she will accept any t&c's at this stage.
She is an excellent master in Holmes St but I think she's extremely naive if she doesn't think there's a blinside to all of this. The memories of Dr Michael Woods negotiations, and the way he was used and the State made a fool of by religious orders, should be foremost in her mind.

Maybe it's time to deal a heavy dose of reality to these people.

You can keep your rates of pay but in future there will be redundancies, job losses, redeployment, and all the outcomes that happen to the pvt sector when good times go bad.

These people cannot have it both ways.

Time John Q Taxpayer stood up and was counted and told those unions that we pay the piper and so call the tune.

Let's get real here.

P. Breathnach wrote: »

The reality here is radio.

What's that about Pee?

Did I step on some toes here and go off topic?

Now, you could be right and if I strayed off topic , my apologies.

On mature reflection, you are right, my comments were off topic.

You are indeed correct in reining me in.

Apologies again

Rosary beads sowed into the gusset of yer knickers girls...them Kerrywomen are way ahead of us.

Right2Write wrote: »

The long reach.

The deep state, Irish style.